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CATTLE-CAR.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,842, dated April 15, 1884. A

Application filed January 29, 1884. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be itknown that we, WILLIAM Krassen and FRED SELL, of Milwaukee, in Athe county of Milwaukee, and in the State of Wisconsimhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in CattleGars; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to improvements in cattlecars, and will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of a car, showing our inlproved feeding and watering devices in position for use. Fig, 2 is a cross vertical section of part of a car, showing our devices in like position; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged like view of the same, showing our devices raised up when not in use.

A is the car box or body, in the sides A of which are the doors. B. Along each of said sides, and close to the roof C, are provided suitable openings closed by the hinged'traps o; c a, through which the feed is introduced inside the car to be received by the hay-rack D when lowered down for use, as shown in Figs. 1 and This rack D and the watertrough Df are mounted on the threaded rods E E, extending the whole height of the carboX, and working close' to its sides A in pivot-plates b and b', one of which, b, is suitably bolted to the under side of the roof C. The other one, b', which is fastened in the car-floor C', is perforated below the bearing provided in its upper face for the shoulder ofthe threaded rod E, and through this perforation the reduced lower end of said rod E passes to receive the beveled pinion c, which is keyed or other wise made fast to it. This pinion c meshes with the beveled wheel d, mounted on the horizontal shaft F, supported in suitable bearings in the lower end of the hangers f f, fastened underneath the iioor C of said car-box. This shaft F, which extends the whole length of the car-box, carries on either ofits endsahand crank, f', which serves to raise or lower the feeding devices when desired. Keyed onto said shaft F, inside the hand-cranky, is the ratchet-wheel f, and depending from a suitable bracket, f3, fastened in the end boards of the box A, close to the bottom of the same, a pawl, fi, is provided to work in the teeth of l the ratchet-wheel f, and which may be used to secure the rack D and water-trough D in their various positions. The trough D is made in three sections, d di d, independent of each other, the central section, d, being adapted for removal when the doors B are opened for the entrance or exit of the cattle; but the ends of said central section are connected in any suitable manner to the inner end of the sections d and di, as by projecting blocks ZS on the under side of the latter, so as to be irnily supported thereon when the whole device islowered for use or raised up close to the roof C. This manipulation of the trough is effected through the threaded rods E E, and the shaft F, actuated by the hand-crank j. For this purpose the trough is provided on its rear face with a double-headed bracket-haug er, G, and through the threaded perforation of the heads g g of said brackethangcr, the threaded rods E E work as they are turned on their pivotplates, thus causing the trough to either be raised or lowered, as desired, according to the direction given to said rods by means of the hand-cranky. The trough D is provided with a cover, D2, inade also in three sections, d, d5, and d6. The outer ends of the cover-sections d* and d project close to the ends A2 of the'car-box and at a slight distance above the plane which the trough occupies when brought down for use. A small block,

as to lie in the path of the projecting outer ends of the cover D2. The under side of said cover comes in contact with the upper edges of said blocks di di, and is forced up as thev trough descends in place, the central cover, di", being lifted by the outer ones, d* d, owing cent ends of vthe sections d* and d being beveled, the ends of theformer overlapping those of the latter. A faucet, It, is provided in the outer end of the trough-sections d4 and d, to empty the saine of any water left before raising the trough.

The hay-rack D consists of the rigid L` shaped frames t', connected together in pairs (and in sufficient number to cover the whole length of the sides A of the car-box) by the longitudinal bars t and i2. The upper end of each frame 'i is bifurcated to receivethe lower ends of the rack properj, the upper ends of to the ends of the cover-sections d5 and adjay di, is fastened in the boards of each end A2, so V IOO which are all connectedto the longitudinal bar for use, in combination with stop-blocks fastj. On the inside faces of the ends A2 of the car-box is fastened the curved plate k, in which the slot le' is formed to receive the outer ends of the upper rack-bar, j, to support the same and properly guide them as the rack is raised or lowered. A central curved rod, k2, is suitably fastened in the roof C of the car-box, mid- Way between the ends A2 ofthe same, along 1o the upper edge of which the upper rack-bar, j, slides as the rack is operated, while at two or more points said upper bar, j, is moreover supported by the chains K K, properly hooked in said bar and in the roof O. In the outer end of the L-sliaped frames @which stand opposite the threaded rodsl E E, is rigidly fastened the collar K', with a smooth inner bore `to run freely along the threaded rod E. A projection, k3, is provided on the rear of the ring 2o or collarK, and this projection 7e3 is designed to come in contact with the upper edge of a block, 7a4, fastened in the side A' at the point where it is desired to bring the rack down for use. When this is done, the trough D,which supports the lower part of the rack D when both are raised up tothe roof, brings the rack D with it until the projections k3 on the collars K strike the blocks k4 stopping the rack D. The trough D' continues to descend, its' 3o cover being opened as the blocks di on the ends A2 of the car-box are met. By turning the crank f' in the opposite direction, the trough is raised again, and as it overtakes the rack ened at suitable points in the sides and ends of the car, whereby the said devices are automatically adapted for use, substantially as set forth.

l2. In a cattle-car, the threaded screw-rods E E, pivot-plates b b', the pinions c c, hangers ff for shaft F, carrying the beveled pinions d d, ratchet-wheelfz, and hand crank f', and pawl f4, in combination with the water-trough D' and the hay-rack D, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cattle-car, the screw-threaded rods E E, the trough D', having hanger G,with heads g and g', and the hay-rack D, having the loose collar K', with projection k3, in combination with the sides A', having the trap-doors a a a, and the stop-blocks kf, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a cattle-car,.the hay-rack D, having the rigid L-shaped base i, collar K', with proj ection la, longitudinal rods z" and Zand the vertical articulated arms j on upper rods, j', in combination with the slotted plate k, rod k2, chain K, the trough D', screw-rods E E, trapdoors a a, and stop-blocks la, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a cattle-car, the trough D, having cover Dwith sections d* d5 d, in combination with the screw-rods E, and the ends A2 of the carbox having stopblocks dl, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands at Milwaukee, iu the county of Milwaukee and State of Wiscon- 8o sin, in the presence of two witnesses.

Y WM. KLAESER.

FRED SELL.

Witnesses:

STANLEY S. Srour, II. G. UNDERwooD. 

